I have met several people on this board. I was a groomsman in ones wedding, received support in many situations I have had over the years from guys who who are no longer here and guys who are. Some people I talk to regularly and value their opinion over many I met organically in the real world.
The amazing power of the interwebs.... ahhhhhh. So amazing to be able to meet like minded people in a setting unencumbered by the normal hindrances and prejudices present when you meet someone face to face. Developing friendships with people you probably would have just stared down in the gym or in the grocery store.... it's pretty funny how it works.
If you think this is just a digital exchange of information that ceases when you log off you have missed a large part of what this site has to offer. While the internet falls victim to the normal percentage of douchebags, assholes and ignorant trash that the real world does I think it is a unique venue to see how people carry themselves and how intelligently they can convey their point in any given situation...
You don't want to make friends? You think this is a sea of faceless avatars who could never have any impact on your life? You are missing out dude. Many of the people here have nothing to offer you- that part is true... but of the people that could truly have an effect now or down the road - don't alienate them to win a petty argument. Demeaning the entire experience and the people who spend time to provide it because you don't like one person is extremely short sighted. A person may have nothing for you but might help the next guy. It isn't all about you unless you make an entire thread to ensure it is.
The chill people on this forum that I want to talk to, I already currently do. It's not like I am going to warm up to these douchebags and be all buddy buddy with them. There is no situation in any foreseeable future where I would need nor want these type of people's help.
Perspective is key here, and mine here is to use this forum as a living breathing encyclopedia of knowledge pertaining to things that are less than acceptable in today's society. Not to make friends. But this same living compendium of knowledge is also riddled with assholes.
So yes, I use it exactly as that, a method of exchanging information, and there are COUNTLESS forums to do so with, but this one happens to have some very intelligent people with very real practical experience.
Also there are PMs, wickr, emails, and various other forms of communication. Who I talk in a non public manner doesn't effect what I say publicly. There are a lot of newer members on here too that have been bashed for asking the basics or for trying to really cement down a cycle or PCT protocol before injecting foreign chemicals into their bodies.
Some of you guys are so many cycles in, or so far into TRT that you forget what it is like to be new to this and this lifestyle. The things I am saying and pointing out about the culture some of the older members have and their high school cliques aren't just noticed by me.
If someone is alienated because I stand up for myself then that's not the type of person I would want to be friends with in real life or online. So not missing out there either. I am perfectly fine with my past 3 months on Meso. If other's aren't, that is their problem and Robin Hood and his band of merry men aren't going to dissuade me from continuing and conducting myself as I see fit.